#bug friendly

"Live the life of a bee! Explore a world brimming with life in which you collect pollen, defy dangerous wasps and save your hive. Play with others in three game modes, including co-op and PvP on split screen." (from the Epic Games page!)

this game taught me things that i didnt know bees experienced like common to legendary rarity flowers and bug pvp /joking

video warnings: potential photosensitivity and trypophobia triggers

bug content: bug player & bug enemy & bug friendly - not enough to warrant oops all bugs because theres people and other animals that arent bugs!

free or paid?: paid! it costs $19.99 in USD

genres: adventure, casual, simulation

content warnings: flashing effects, honeycomb (potential trypophobia trigger), spiders

"APICO is a laid-back beekeeping sim game about breeding, collecting, & conserving bees! Set in a series of lush environments, APICO uniquely combines resource gathering, biology, and beekeeping minigames, taking ideas from a mix of real-life and fantasy apiculture & floriculture." (from the Steam page!)

game about beekeeping! and butterfly catching! and saving bees! and more to come! playing this game for the first time in a while reminded me of how much i like the music! as of posting this, there are still major updates that are planned for this game and im very excited for those! :]

bug content: bug friendly - you keep bees, raise butterflies, and wait for solitary bees to visit your bee hotel!

free or paid?: paid! apico costs $19.99 in USD!

genres: casual, simulation, sandbox

content warnings: none! (please let me know if you believe there are some to note!)

this game also has some accessibility settings such as mechanisms moving automatically, high contrast views, turning off buzzing sounds, and a focus mode (where only 1 menu can be open at a time)

"The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?" (from the Steam page)

a pretty fun (and sometimes terrifying) survival game! it has a neat story and fun challenges. a good game to play with friends but its not bad on your own either! i personally accidentally tamed 7 aphids because i wanted to make sure my first aphid pet was able to eat in one of my worlds

warnings for the video: potential photosensitivity triggers and arachnophobia safe mode is not on!

bug content: bug friendly & bug enemy - there are passive (3 of them that you can tame!) bugs, neutral bugs, and some that will attack you on sight!

free or paid?: paid! the game is $39.99 in USD

genres: survival, action-adventure

content warnings: flashing/bright lights, spiders (you can enable arachnophobia safe mode!)

there is also more things in the accessibility menu that is not limited to arachnophobia mode! things such as large text, wide interaction, colorblind modes (for deuteranopia, protanopia, and tritanopia), text to speech, subtitles, and a few other things

"Bugsnax takes you on a journey to Snaktooth Island, home of the legendary half-bug half-snack creatures, Bugsnax. Invited by intrepid explorer Elizabert Megafig, you arrive to discover your host nowhere to be found, her camp in shambles, and her followers scattered across the island alone... and hungry! // It's up to you to solve the mysteries of Snaktooth Island: What happened to Lizbert? What are Bugsnax and where do they come from? But most of all, why do they taste SO GOOD?" (From the Epic Games Store page!)

this game is a fun one! i really enjoyed all the bugsnak designs as well as the stories of the grumpuses you meet :]

(since this is a first-person game, i'd like to warn folks that the mouse sensitivity is a little high and the sudden movements may be unsafe for photosensitive people to watch the video!)

bug content: bug friendly & bug enemy - the bugsnax are usually friendly but some may be aggressive towards the player!

free or paid?: paid! bugsnax costs $24.99 in USD!

genres: adventure

content warnings: screen shaking (can be lowered/disabled), mouse sensitivity starts off generally high (can be edited)

"A conspiracy is welling deep within the stone walls of an ancient castle. The keep’s master is leading its denizens to construct a revolutionary new device made to move the world forward onto a new path of evolution. Arriving to investigate is our plucky adventurer, Moth, but what lies in store is a secret too vast to be contained by mere castle walls. Prepare to enter an imaginative fantasy world of bugs, battles and bravery in​ Creepy Castle!" (from the Steam page!)

a bit of a retro style game thats very charming! as of posting this i actually still have yet to fully complete the game! hopefully that changes in the future pft

warning for the video! the graphics may be a bit of an eye strain to some folks and there is flashing in some aspects of the game!

bug content: bug player & bug friendly & bug enemy - you play as a bug, some of the npcs are bugs, and some of the bosses (and one enemy) are bugs! not enough bugs to warrant oops all bugs though!

free or paid?: paid! creepy castle costs $9.99 in USD!

genres: action-adventure, turn-based roleplaying game

content warnings: eyestrain/bright colors (you can change the color palettes as well as turn off bloom/crt filters), flashing lights

not necessarily a content warning but the duel minigames do require you to have a fast reaction time but there is a setting to make the timing windows bigger so its not as demanding!